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Red Hat Certified Specialist in Services Management and Automation EX358 Exam Guide: Get your certification and prepare for real-world challenges as a Red Hat Certified Specialist

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Gain the skills and knowledge to manage your core network services on Red Hat Enterprise Linux with help of self-tests and practical use cases


Key Features:

  • Get the EX358 certification with this easy-to-follow guide while preparing for real-life challenges
  • Learn everything you need to know about Linux system administration and automation using Ansible 2.9
  • Use practical use cases and exam-focused questions to prepare for the certification exam


Book Description:

If you're ready to take the next step in your system engineering career with the EX358, then this book is for you. Packed with all the knowledge and skills that you need to configure and maintain services and applications on the Red Hat Linux 8 (RHEL OS 8) platform, this book will help you ace the exam and thrive at work.


Red Hat Certified Specialist in Service Management and Automation will help you build a solid foundation of the most recent and up-to-date exam requirements and practice questions.


Throughout the course of the book, you'll get hands-on experience with different technical processes needed to fully administer a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 system. This will include file storage, database management, direct configuration of applications, such as SMB shares, networking. You'll be well equipped with the configuration of essential components like firewall, SELinux, and iSCSI while learning how to automate these tasks using Ansible Automation 2.9 in order to alleviate the burden of completing them by hand.


By the end of this book, you'll have covered all essential topics to ace the Red Hat EX358 certification exam and add another feather to your career as a Red Hat Certified Specialist.


What You Will Learn:

  • Attain the skills to take and pass the Red Hat EX358 certification exam
  • Become familiar with the ways of leveraging Ansible Core 2.9
  • Gain deeper knowledge of the Red Hat Linux Networking with DNS, DHCP, and IP addressing
  • Create your own link and master the networking domain through link aggregation creation
  • Set up printers and email services through Linux servers
  • Get up and running with MariaDB SQL databases
  • Explore how to create and control web traffic


Who this book is for:

This book is for you if you want to advance your career by adding the essential Red Hat certificate to your resume. It will be particularly useful for system administrators responsible for managing large enterprise environments, network services and Red Hat Certified Engineers interested in becoming a Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA). Before reading this book, you must have a working knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ansible Automation and command line usage of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems administration.

Author(s): Eric McLeroy
Edition: 1
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Year: 2023

Language: English
Pages: 350

Cover
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Foreword
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1: Red Hat Linux 8 –Configuring and Maintaining Storage with Automation
Chapter 1: Block Storage – Learning How to Provision Block Storage on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Technical requirements
Setting up GitHub access
Setting up your lab environment
iSCSI block storage – overview of what it is and why we need it
Testing your knowledge
iSCSI block storage – manual provisioning and deployment
iSCSI block storage – Ansible automation playbook creation and usage
Summary
Chapter 2: Network File Storage – Expanding Your Knowledge of How to Share Data
Technical requirements
Setting up GitHub access
Setting up your lab environment for NFS and SMB
NFS and SMB network storage – the way they work and when to choose one over the other
NFS Ansible Automation playbook creation and usage
SMB storage manual provisioning and deployment
SMB storage Ansible Automation playbook creation and usage
Summary
Part 2: Red Hat Linux 8 – Configuring and Maintaining Networking with Automation
Chapter 3: Network Services with Automation – Introduction to Red Hat Linux Networking
Technical requirements
Setting up GitHub access
Setting up your lab environment for networking
The beginning of your journey into Linux networking!
Getting to know what the different terms mean and how they apply to what you are trying to achieve!
Creating your basic network profile
Automation of network services using Ansible
Summary
Chapter 4: Link Aggregation Creation – Creating Your Own Link and Mastering the Networking Domain
Technical requirements
Setting up GitHub access
Setting up your lab environment for Network Interface Card (NIC) teaming
Getting to know link aggregation
Creating different types of link aggregation profiles
Taking the headache out of setting up your link aggregation by using Ansible Automation
Summary
Chapter 5: DNS, DHCP, and IP Addressing – Gaining Deeper Knowledge of Red Hat Linux Networking
Setting up GitHub access
Diving deeper into Linux networking where we look at DNS, DHCP, and static IP addressing
Setting up static IP addresses for times when DHCP is not available but you still need to make that service reachable
Using the basic out-of-the-box DHCP configuration to get online fast when available on your network
Using DHCP at initial interface connectivity provided by an external source
Setting up DHCP server configuration manually to provide DHCP services
Automating DHCP server configuration to provide DHCP services
Learning about the DNS and why you need to know about it
Setting up DNS server configuration manually to provide DNS services
Automating DNS server configuration to provide DNS services
Summary
Part 3: Red Hat Linux 8 – Configuring and Maintaining Applications with Automation and a Comprehensive Review with Exam Tips
Chapter 6: Printer and Email – Setting Up Printers and Email Services on Linux Servers
Technical requirements
Setting up GitHub access
Learning about printer services and setting them up manually
Setting up printer services via Ansible Automation
Learning about email services and setting them up manually
Setting up email services via Ansible Automation
Summary
Chapter 7: Databases – Setting Up and Working with MariaDB SQL Databases
Technical requirements
Setting up GitHub access
Getting started with MariaDB for data collection storage
Installing and configuring MariaDB on RHEL 8 manually
Installing and configuring MariaDB on RHEL 8 using Ansible Automation
Summary
Chapter 8: Web Servers and Web Traffic – Learning How to Create and Control Traffic
Technical requirements
Setting up GitHub access
Getting started with web servers and traffic control
Learning to set up web servers manually and control traffic
Learning how to use Ansible Automation to automate web servers and control traffic
Summary
Chapter 9: Comprehensive Review and Test Exam Questions
Technical requirements
Setting up GitHub access
A comprehensive review of all exam objectives and mock exams for you to test your newfound skills
Managing network services
Managing firewall services
Managing SELinux
Managing system processes
Managing link aggregation
Managing DNS
Managing DHCP
Managing printers
Managing email services
Managing a MariaDB database server
Managing web access
Managing NFS
Summary
Chapter 10: Tips and Tricks to Help with the Exam
Technical requirements
Scheduling your exam
Tips and tricks that can help while taking the test
Summary
Index
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